r/comicbookpressing

For those that don't know the entire print for this book had creases on the spine.

Before and after. I could not fully remove the pen imprint, and I was starting to lose other colors. This was a pretty significant effort for probably a mild change. I used a surfactant to lift the ink- I thought this was a great test subject because of the white background.

I have a very expensive book with ink like this and wanted to perfect this process before trying it there... I will not be trying this on the book since its only a marginal improvement.

This is the kind of press I really like. Got this low grade for $10 bucks. It has a lot of easily press able defects. Add a little value to the book real quick. Would have been even better if those were spine ticks that could have come out, but as you see, they are just color breaking creases.

If anyone can give some advice on how to get more of that top right crease out, please do. It only breaks a little color.

This is on Spawn 219 in the bottom middle of the front cover. It appears to be raised and not a crease or scratch of any kind. It’s not present on the inside of the cover and it did not appear to change or flatten at all under a tack iron. Is it possibly a printing error? Excess ink? Would CGC mark in as a defect in grading? Thanks! 😊

Spine roll correction and fixing some very shredded corners :)

No adamantium added for a squeaky clean mint grade bub

I have a dozen books I need to send out to CGC, some early 2000 stuff and more modern stuff. My LCS offered to press my books for 10 bucks a copy is this about the going rate? Figured I’d keep my money local versus CGC doing it.

So I have this absolute Batman 16 with a small acrylic paint brush sig on the front. The back has 3 tiny edge dents that I think a quick iron and press would take out. My worry is the signature with heat. Is this possible even with low temps since I’d be hitting the back only? Any help is appreciated.

Hello everyone! I just got my Mandalorian exclusive book in and it came loose in a mailer. A few bends and nothing color breaking. What are some tips to get these out? Im new to pressing and have a basic heat press. Thanks!